FEBIN JOHNSON

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 Jajmani system or Yajmani system was an
Indian caste system and its interaction
between upper caste and lower caste

 Accordingto Jajmani system there is

exchange of goods and services between
landowing higher castes and landless service
castes

 Thelanded higher castes jajman or the

patron and the service castes are jajman
 Interactions between the oonchi zat(upper
caste) and neechi zat (lower caste) are
regulated by established patron-client
relationships of the jajmani system, the
upper caste being referred to as ‘Jajmans’
and the lower caste as ‘Kamin’
 Jajmani system is the backbone of rural
economy and social order
 The first detailed study of jajman tradition
in India was made by William .H. Wiser in his
books “The Indian jajmani system”
 InIndia professions are generally hereditary
and there is a long tradition of families
carrying on self-same professions over
generations

 InJajman system, Jajman enjoys so much

respect that he is often referred to as
Rajah(King) and Prajan as subjects
 Relationships under Jajmani was permanent

 Jajmani was hereditary

 Castes
received grains against services
rendered

 Barter system
 Occupational protection

 Economic security

 Security of service

 Personalized close relation

 Greatimpediment to occupational and social
mobility

 Leads to exploitation

 Basedon the sense of high caste and low caste

system